Rig Veda 9.52.1: Mandala 9, Sukta 52, Mantra 1

Sukta 9.52

Devata: Soma Pavamāna

Samhita Patha (Devanagari)

परि द्युक्षः सनद्रयिर्भरद्वाजं नो अन्धसा । सुवानो अर्ष पवित्र आ ॥

Transliteration

pári dyukṣáḥ sanád-rayir bhárad vā́jaṃ no ándhasā | suvānó arṣa pavítre ā́ ||

Translation

Circle us with thy shining, O Soma, bearing the ancient wealth; with thy pressed essence bring to us the plenitude of force; being expressed, flow to the filter.

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Word by Word

• परि: around, forth (as preverb)
• परि: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि (upasarga) पारि-

• द्युःक्षः: the bright/heavenly one (Soma)
• द्युःक्षः: Kartā
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: द्युःक्ष- (prātipadika; from दिव्/द्युत् ‘shine’ + क्ष ‘see/appear’ > ‘heavenly/bright’)

• सनद्रयिः: having ancient wealth; ancient-rich
• सनद्रयिः: Kartā (apposition to द्युःक्षः)
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: सनद्- (old/ancient) + रयि- ‘wealth’ (compound prātipadika)

• भरद्वाजम्: Bharadvāja
• भरद्वाजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरद्वाज- (proper name prātipadika)

• नः: for us; our
• नः: Sampradāna (recipient/beneficiary sense: ‘for us/our’)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (enclitic pronoun)

• अन्धसा: with the Soma-juice; with the draught
• अन्धसा: Karaṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धस्- (prātipadika)

• सुवानः: being pressed/extracted
• सुवानः: Kartā (apposition to Soma)
• Type: Participle (verbal adjective)
• Root: √सु (सुते) ‘press, extract (Soma)’ → सुवान- (present middle participle)

• अर्ष: flow!; run!
• अर्ष: — (finite verb; governs action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ऋष्/अर्ष् ‘flow, move swiftly’

• पवित्रः: (through) the filter; the purifier
• पवित्रः: Adhikaraṇa (locative-sense without case: ‘through/along the filter’, Vedic usage) / also as apposition ‘the purifier’
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: पवित्र- (prātipadika)

• आ: hither, towards (intensifying/goal)
• आ: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (upasarga)